fry

Cook in oil

Fry means to cook in hot fat or oil.

You can fry an egg, fry bacon, or deep-fry chicken.

The noun fry refers to food cooked this way, especially french fries: Do you want fries with that?

Separately, fry is a collective term for young fish or recently hatched creatures: salmon fry.

To have bigger fish to fry is to have more important matters to attend to.

cooking

skillet

Shallow pan for frying

  • panShallow cooking vessel
  • oilSlippery viscous fluid
  • spatulaFlat-bladed kitchen tool

sauté · sear · griddle · heat · stove · cookware · chef · kitchen · batter · flour

sizzle

sizzle

Sound of frying

pop · smoke · hot oil · bubbling · browning · caramelize · char · render · splatter

offspring

fingerlings

Juvenile fish for stocking

parr · smolt · juveniles · larvae · brood · school · nursery · aquarium · fishery

crispy

golden-brown

Warm amber hue

batter · panko · breadcrumbs · tempura · fritter · chips · bacon · dredge · coating · crust

foods

fish and chips

Fried seafood with potatoes

zeppole · donut · fritter · samosa · spring roll · empanada · croquette · tostones · plantains

Categories
Opposites
cooking method (heat application)

fryboil

Heat to bubbling point

steam · poach · simmer · bake · roast

food state transformation

fryfreeze

Become solid from cold

chill · refrigerate · cool · ice · preserve

food preparation state

fryeat fresh

Consume unprocessed foods

Phrases
Family

frying, fryer, frying pan, stir-fry, pan-fry, small fry, deep-fry, fryers, frybread

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G